Course detail
Meteorology, Hydrology and Geology
FCH-BC_MHGAcad. year: 2020/2021
Fundamental principles of teaching about atmosphere. Factors interferencing of production weather. Short - term weather forecast. Climatology, global disturbances and mutual impacts of far remote range . Characteristic basic hydrological terms. Principles movement of the water mass. Flood and their occurrence on territory Czech Republic. Possible causes of destruction water works and their running. Source of earthquakes, landslip and rocks, throughs of soil cavities and probability their occurrence on territory Czech Republic.
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Course curriculum
2. Basic principles of air science.
3. Factors influencing weather formation. (Vertical atmospheric stability, temperature gradient.)
4. Synoptic maps, Short-term weather forecast.
5. Meteorological factors influencing the spread of contaminated air.
6. Characteristics of basic hydrological terms.
7. Principles of motion of water masses. (Floods and special floods, hydrological forecasting methods.)
8. Characteristics of the flood wave of special floods and methods of determining the extent of their effects.
9. Causes of earthquakes, landslides and rocks, falling earth voids and their likelihood of occurrence in the Czech Republic.
10. Possibilities of protection against these phenomena.
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Basic literature
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- Programme BPCP_ECHBM Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BKCP_ECHBM Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
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Elearning